List of ghost towns in Texas

This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Texas.

Classification

 * Barren site
 * Sites no longer in existence
 * Sites that have been destroyed
 * Submerged
 * Reverted to pasture
 * May have a few difficult-to-find foundations/footings at most


 * Neglected site
 * Only rubble left
 * All buildings uninhabited
 * Roofless building ruins
 * Some buildings or houses still standing


 * Abandoned site
 * Buildings or houses still standing
 * Buildings and houses all abandoned
 * No population, except caretaker
 * Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings (for example old church, grocery store)


 * Semi-abandoned site
 * Building or houses still standing
 * Buildings and houses largely abandoned
 * Fewer than 50 residents
 * Many abandoned buildings
 * Small population


 * Historic community
 * Building or houses still standing
 * Still a busy community
 * Smaller than its boom years
 * Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less
 * May now be census designated place
 * May have been Absorbed by extant entity

Additional sourcing

 * Texas – GhostTowns.com
 * Texas Ghost Towns
 * Texas Escapes online magazine
 * Ghost Towns of Texas. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Google Books. Retrieved August 19, 2013.